The apathy and indolence of the Fijians arise from their climate, their diet and their communal institutions. The climate is too kind to stimulate them to exertion, their food imparts no staying power. The soil gives the means of
existence for every man without effort, and the communal institutions destroy the instinct of accumulation. As Sir Henry Maine said of the native policy of the government of India, those responsible for guiding native races in Fiji, as elsewhere, are "like men bound to make their watches keep true time in two longitudes at once. Nevertheless the paradoxical explanation must be accepted. If they are too slow, there will be no improvement; if they are too fast, there will be no security." There is no reason to despair of the ultimate arrival of the Fijians at some degree of physical and moral prosperity. Our own forefathers in the time of Cicero seemed to the Romans no less unpromising, for, writing to his friend Atticus, the orator recommends him not to procure his slaves from Britain, "because they are so stupid and utterly incapable of being taught that they are unfit to form a part of the household of Atticus."
FOOTNOTES:
[109] Studies in Ancient History. London, 1896.
INDEX
Abipone Indians, [180]
Abortion, procuring, [221];
compatible with high birth-rate, [223];
by mechanical means, [224];
in Gilbert I., [225];
law against, [226]
Abstinence during suckling, [176];
in Tonga, [178]
Adulteration, [307]
Agriculture, [339]
Alluvial land, [370]
Amiable Josephine captured, [36]
Ancestor worship, [xi];
key to government, [57]
Ancestry, common, [5]
Annexation, [55]
Argo, wreck of, [25], [246]
Aristocracy created by war, [59]
Army, size of, [91];
of Thakombau, [101]
Arnold, Sir E., [179]
Assault on forts, [13]
Banana disease, [338]
Bantus, increasing, [xii]
Barter, [385]
Basques, [ix]
Beachcombers, [27]
Bêche-de-mer, [32], [43]
Bethencourt, de, [xvii]
Betrothal, customs of, [201];
gifts, [204]
Birth, customs, [206]
Bligh, Capt., [24]
Boasting ceremony, [90]
Bora rites in Australia, [148]
Borderers, [88]
Bougainville, [viii]
Bouro, [118]
Burial, Lament of Shades, [131]
Bushrangers, [309]
Calico, displaces tapa, [2]
Canal dug by natives, [32]
Cannibalism, [102];
seen by Whilkes, [102];
origin of, [103];
vitiated taste for, [103];
tabu to women, [104];
drum, [104];
names for human joints, [104];
reasons for, [104];
act of triumph, [105];
feast at Male, [106];
chant, [107];
forks, [109];
among ghosts, [128]
Cannon first used, [53]
Canoes, [9], [46];
evolution of, [290];
twin, [292];
cost of, [293];
Tongan, [294]
Carew, Mr. W., [179]
Carnac, [147]
Castaways, [15], [22];
eaten, [102]
Catoira, Gomez, [viii]
Caves, [92]
Census, [195]
Ceremonial licence, [154], [157], [171]
Cession, proposed, [54]
Charms, [164], [168]
Chatham, wreck of, [249]
Chiefs, spiritual, [60];
temporal, [61];
titles of, at Mbau, [61];
power curtailed by missions, [64];
rarely complained of, [74]
Circumcision, [216]
Claims of U.S. Government, [52]
Club-houses, [175], [241], [388]
Clubs, working, [68]
Codrington, Dr. R. H., [179], [193]
Comet, [26], [246]
Community of property, [79]
Conclusions, [387]
Concubitancy, [184];
limitations of, [190];
fecundity of, [199]
Confederations, a modern growth, [60];
in decay, [62]
Conquest, safest civilizing method, [x]
Constabulary, armed native, [101], [317]
Convicts, myth concerning, [27]
Cook, Capt., [248], [271]
Copts, [xiv]
Corney, Dr. B. G., [255], [260]
Corvée, [68]
Councils, provincial, [288], [337]
Couvâde, [179]
Cows, improperly kept, [229], [336]
Creation myth, [134]
Crèches, [214]
Cricket, [332]
Cruelty, [305]
Cruelty to animals, [3]
Daily habits, [229]
Dances, [284]
Dates, calculated by genealogies, [4], [18];
of Melanesian settlement, [10]
Death dance, [96]
Decay of custom, [xii]
Deluge, [17], [26], [137]
Dengue fever, [252]
d'Entrecasteaux, [86]
Depilation, [303]
Detection of crime, by witchcraft, [167];
by soul stealing, [168]
Disease, native theory of, [xiii];
treatment of, [xiii];
epidemic, [243];
from European contact, [253]
Disenchantment, [250]
Dismisser, [125], [132]
Divinities, [112]
Dollars, from wreck, [28]
Drugs, [223]
Drums, [93]
d'Urville, Capt. Dumont, [27], [37]
Dysentery, [246], [251]
Eclipse of sun, [26], [246]
Edwards, Capt., [24]
Eel bridge, [121]
Eliza, wreck of, [27]
Elysium, [118]
Epic of Ndengei, [138]
Epidemic diseases, [xii], [243]
Erskine, Commodore, [41]
Eskimo, [viii]
Essomeric, [xvii]
Execution, [342]
Exorcism, [250]
Games, [318], [328]
Genealogies, average twenty-five years, [18]
Gilbert I., [210]
God of Fire, [113];
of Increase, [114];
of Origin, [5];
of the Afterworld [117];
of Thunder Hill, [130]
Gods, [111]
Gordon, Sir A., [65]
Gordon, Rev. G. N., [247]
Hairdressing, [302]
Half-castes, [xvii]
Hatred, race, [xv], [xvii]
Hawaii, [4];
genealogies, [11]
Honesty, [3]
Hunter, visit of, [31], [95]
Hysteria, religious, [162]
Ilai Moto-ni-thothoka, [6]
Immortality, heresy, [141]
Immortality maidens, [142]
Inbreeding, [200]
Insouciance, [228]
Inspectors, travelling, [79]
Inspiration of priests, [158], [160]
Intellect of savages, [xiv]
Invulnerable, making, [156]
Iron, name for, [11]
Iroquois, [195]
Irrigation, [339]
Japanese, [179]
Joske, Mr. Adolph, [148]
Juju, [xiii]
Jumping-off place, [6], [118]
Kalourere, rites, [169]
Kalou-Vu, [5]
Kamba, siege of, [46], [50]
Kaunitoni, first canoe, [6]
Kava, [213], [283], [307], [341];
chant, [344]
Kerekere, [79];
results of, [80]
Kites, war, [93]
Koroi, form of knighthood, [28], [97]
Labour among hill women, [209], [210]
Lakemba I., [51]
Lala, [66];
misunderstood, [66];
communal, [67];
compared to local rates, [68];
sanitation by, [69];
personal, [70];
a landed interest, [71];
commutation of, [73], [77];
oppressive, [73]
Lala, Ratu, [16]
Land customs increase power of chiefs, [59];
Polynesian, [70];
worthless without cultivation, [71];
England confirms native titles, [72];
tenure, [354];
sale of, [354];
arable, [358];
waste, 362;
tenure in Rewa, [366];
leasehold, [376];
reclaimed, [377]
Lands, sold to Europeans, [55]
Lasakau fishermen, [23]
Lavo, [330]
Law of custom, decay of, [xviii]
Lawry, Rev. W., on abortion, [221]
Leasehold, [376]
Leper stones, [260]
Leprosy in Fiji, [255];
in other islands, [255];
described by Aristotle, [257];
introduction into Europe, [257];
contagious, [259];
traditions concerning, [261]
Levuka town, [33];
expulsion of whites, [40];
burnt, [45]
Levuka tribe, [23]
Licence, ceremonial, [154], [157];
sexual, in war, [240]
Lifu I., [249]
Lila, wasting sickness, [25], [243]
Liquor law, [386]
Loot, [96]
Love sickness, [241]
Lutu-na-sombasomba, first ancestor, [6], [8]
Lying, [305], [312]
Maafu, leads Tongans, [53];
death, [55]
Maclennan, Mr., [57], [203]
Maine, Sir H., [356], [389]
Malae, Polynesian temple, [149]
Malake, [8]
Malaria, [251]
Maoris, leprosy among, [256]
Mara, Ratu, [34]
Mariner, William, [29], [271]
Markets, [288]
Marquesas I., [4]
Marriage system, [182];
restrictions of, [193];
origin of, [193];
census of, [195]
Marriages, mixed, [xvi]
Masai, [xiv], [xv]
Massage, [225]
Mata-ni-vanua, functions of, [62]
Matchmaker at Mbau, [62]
Maternal instinct, [231]
Matuku I., [25]
Mba province, [32]
Mbaki rites, [146]
Mbalolo, [324]
Mbanuve, King of Mbau, [23];
death of, [26], [246]
Mbati, borderers, [88]
Mbau, sets fashions, [2];
origin, [22];
constitution of, [61]
Mbole, boasting, [90]
Mbua, province, [51]
Mbulotu, Fijian Elysium, [117]
Mbutoni, [23]
Meals, [337]
Measles epidemic, [252]
Medical students, [313]
Mendaña, [viii]
Meningitis, [252]
Mercenaries, [86]
Merivale alignments, [147]
Midwives, [206], [209], [210]
Milk, substitutes for, [214], [336], [337]
Missionaries, arrival of, [36], [52];
repulsed from Mbau, [42];
persecuted, [43];
short-sightedness, [389]
Missionary killed and eaten, [107]
Mixed blood in Europe, [ix];
through conquest, [x]
Moats, [91]
Moe-moe, act of homage, [xi]
Moerenhout, [255]
Money, use of, [289];
copper coin unpopular, [307];
effect of, [386]
Monomotapa, Emperor of, [xvii]
Mourning, ceremonial, [311], [375]
Murdu legend, [193]
Musket, first, [28];
imported, [86]
Nailatikau, King of Mbau, [23]
Nakauvandra, [5], [6], [9], [134], [136]
Namara tribe, [31]
Nandronga, [15], [64]
Nanga rites, [146];
origin of, [149]
Narauyamba, siege of, [136]
Natewa, [41]
Native races, decay of, [xii]